Engraved frontispiece port. of Verien signed by Gerard Edelinck after Jean Jouvenet. Engraved t.p. from 1st ed. of 1685 retained following letterpress t.p.; title: Livre curieux et utile pour les sçavans et artistes. Engraved dedication to Le Dauphin (from ed. of 1685), engraved titles for Livres 1-3 In Livre 1, each leaf bears 15 etched emblems on verso and letterpress description of preceding plate on recto. In Livre 2 additional emblems separate sections of monograms that begin with a given letter, with letterpress explanation given on p. 1-19 following Plates II, IV, VI, VIII of Livre I are cancels, texts for LV and LVI reversed in printing. Plate 3 of Livre 2 printed upside down Binding: modern suede, tooled in blind, title & date on spine. Edges red, top edge silvered (?) Signature on t.p. verso of Ange Scozia